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... supplies ; yet it bears the fleets of nations on its wings around the world , and crushes the most refractory substances with its weight . When in motion , its force is sufficient to level the most stately forests and stable buildings ...
... supplies ; yet it bears the fleets of nations on its wings around the world , and crushes the most refractory substances with its weight . When in motion , its force is sufficient to level the most stately forests and stable buildings ...
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... supply of food designed for living creatures is thrown ; or , in one word , it is itself the food , in its simple ... supplies , is constantly at hand to minister to their wants , not only to afford them food in due season , but in the ...
... supply of food designed for living creatures is thrown ; or , in one word , it is itself the food , in its simple ... supplies , is constantly at hand to minister to their wants , not only to afford them food in due season , but in the ...
Page 20
... supplies of which are necessary to it every moment . The oxygen of the atmosphere , therefore , is essential to the very existence of life in the higher orders of animals . The candle burns , also , and all combustible bodies kindle in ...
... supplies of which are necessary to it every moment . The oxygen of the atmosphere , therefore , is essential to the very existence of life in the higher orders of animals . The candle burns , also , and all combustible bodies kindle in ...
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... supply of carbonic acid from a gaseous mixture which contains so little , they are made to hang out their many waving leaves into the atmos- phere . Over the surface of these leaves are sprinkled countless pores or mouths , which are ...
... supply of carbonic acid from a gaseous mixture which contains so little , they are made to hang out their many waving leaves into the atmos- phere . Over the surface of these leaves are sprinkled countless pores or mouths , which are ...
Page 57
... supply from all . This genial intercourse , and mutual aid , Cheers what were else a universal shade ; Calls Nature ... supplies COMMERCE . 57 Arnott.
... supply from all . This genial intercourse , and mutual aid , Cheers what were else a universal shade ; Calls Nature ... supplies COMMERCE . 57 Arnott.
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animal Arctic beautiful beneath boat body breath bright burning called candle Captain Captain Crozier carbon carbonic acid century clouds coal coast cold colour cotton covered crew dark Davis Strait deep distance earth England Esquimaux feet fire flame Geyser Grand Master Greenland Gulf Stream hand harpoon hath head heard heat heavens horses hundred hunter Iceland Indian iron island Ivanhoe Jacquard JOSEPH MARIE JACQUARD kayak labours land length light light-house London look manufacture mass miles moon night North Pole o'er ocean once oxygen passed plant Pole R. M. BALLANTYNE reached Rebecca regions rise river rocks round sail seal seemed seen shine ship shore side skin sledge snow Spitzbergen stars stream surface Templestowe thee thou thousand tion town tree turned vapour vast vessel voyage walrus waves whale whole wild wind winter
Popular passages
Page 108 - The swain responsive as the milkmaid sung, The sober herd that lowed to meet their young; The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school; The watchdog's voice that bayed the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind; These all in sweet confusion sought the shade, And filled each pause the nightingale had made.
Page 330 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earned.
Page 111 - My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned and rulers of the earth; But higher far my proud pretensions rise — The son of parents passed into the skies!
Page 113 - Full many a gem of purest ray serene, The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear: Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some village Hampden, that, with dauntless breast The little tyrant of his fields withstood; Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. Th...
Page 310 - The breaking waves dashed high On a stern and rock-bound coast, And the woods against a stormy sky Their giant branches tossed; And the heavy night hung dark The hills and waters o'er, When a band of exiles moored their bark On the wild New England shore.
Page 114 - The applause of listening senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes, Their lot forbade: nor circumscribed alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confined; Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind...
Page 111 - Tis now become a history little known, That once we called the pastoral house our own. Short-lived possession ! But the record fair, That memory keeps of all thy kindness there, Still outlives many a storm, that has effaced A thousand other themes less deeply traced.
Page 29 - I am the daughter of earth and water, And the nursling of the sky; I pass through the pores of the ocean and shores; I change, but I cannot die.
Page 109 - At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorned the venerable place : Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, And fools who came to scoff remained to pray.
Page 102 - O'er moor and mountain green, O'er the red streamer that heralds the day, Over the cloudlet dim, Over the rainbow's rim, Musical cherub, soar, singing, away ! Then, when the gloaming comes, Low in the heather blooms Sweet will thy welcome and bed of love be ! Emblem of happiness, Blest is thy dwelling-place — Oh, to abide in the desert with thee ! JAMES HOGG.